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Professor of Maternal Fetal Medicine
Fetal Medicine Unit, St. George's Hospital, St. George's University of London, United Kingdom
Asma Khalil is a Professor of Obstetrics at St George's Hospital, University of London. She is a subspecialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine. She gained her MD(Res) at the University of London in 2009. She also has a Masters degree in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and an MRC scholarship. Asma is the Lead for the Multiple Pregnancy service at St George's Hospital. In 2022 she has been elected as Vice-President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
She is the Obstetric Lead at the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA). She is an ISUOG trustee and has recently been appointed as the ISUOG treasurer.
She has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers, and many published review articles and chapters. She was awarded many research prizes, both at national and international meetings. Her research interests include twin pregnancy, fetal growth restriction and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.
She is passionate about innovation. She is the inventor of the HAMPTON, which is an award-winning digital innovation that enables pregnant women to monitor their blood pressure safely at home. She is a National Innovation Accelerator (NIA) Fellow.
She is committed to the implementation of clinical guidelines in practice and believes that they could reduce inequalities in care across the NHS. She had a three-year Fellowship with NICE and has been a member of the NICE Clinical Standards and Expert Advisor to the NICE Centre for Clinical guidelines.
She works closely with the Twins trust Charity and together has set up the world-first Twins Trust Centre for Research and Clinical Excellence at St George's Hospital.